The dictionary
The dark green book
Resting
Aslant upon the shelf
Waiting
It was an day of service Sept. 11 as volunteers spread out across Covington cleaning up everything from graffiti to garbage.
People met at the city maintenance facility at 9 a.m.. They picked up cleaning supplies and went around the city scubbing off grafitti.
Over the past 15 years Max Prinsen and his wife Erin Wojewodzki-Prinsen have been working to preserve the Shadow Lake Bog.
Saturday they will celebrate the work they’ve done and the work ahead with the 14th Annual Frog Frolic from 1-6 p.m. at the Shadow Lake Bog: Richter Interpretive Center, 21656 184th Ave. S.E., Renton.
Surprises, appreciation and unexpected gifts were part of the Soup Ladies fundraiser on Sept. 10.
Christy Todd, who helped spearhead organizing the fundraiser, said “the event went really, really well.”
Lacey O’Grady, an Enumclaw resident, organized her fifth annual Green River cleanup Aug. 25. O’Grady is a young woman who was born and raised in southeast King County. A few years ago some friends from out of town came to visit her. She told them what a wonderful place the Green River was and sent them out to float a beautiful section of the river in August when the weather is warm and the river flows are languid and inviting.
The Maple Valley Farmers Market featured the a chili cook off with 12 entries and a panel of happy judges.
Victoria Laise Jonas photographed the event as it was happening.
One of my friends told me he’d seen a refrigerator magnet that read, PARENTING; THE FIRST 40 YEARS ARE THE HARDEST. Here’s a fine poem about parenthood, and about letting go of children, by Chana Bloch, who lives in Berkeley, California.
The Maple Valley Youth Symphony Orchestra is adding a new program. This season, the symphony will be adding an group called debut orchestra. This group was created to help the student with 1-3 years of playing experience develop confidence and skill in playing and performing in a group setting. With many school districts cutting elementary band and orchestra programs, the orchestra hopes to provide a much needed program for students.
Chili was the name of the game at the Maple Valley Farmers Market Saturday.
The fun, games and food at the Black Diamond Labor Day celebration Monday was photographed by Ron Olness.
Ron Olness photographed the Black Diamond Labor Day parade Sept. 6
Photographer Ron Olness photographed the Black Diamond Labor Day celebration activities Sunday in this slide show.
I’ve had a library card for as long as I can remember. I can still picture the library in the city I grew up in; it was an old brick building set at the edge of a park in the middle of the city.
Each morning I awake
To a golden presence
Beckoning to me
The Labor Day parade in Black Diamond featured kids, cars and floats as people lined the street for the festivities.
The Doggie Days event at the Black Diamond Labor Day Celebration brought out the dogs and fun Saturday.
In our busy times, the briefest pause to express a little interest in the natural world is praiseworthy. Most of us spend our time thinking about other people, and scarcely any time thinking about other creatures. I recently co-edited an anthology of poems about birds, and we looked through lots of books and magazines, but here is a fine poem we missed, by Tara Bray, who lives in Richmond, Virginia.
If you’re like most of us, back-to-school time is a mix of excitement, stress, questions and a wee shadow of…
This is the busiest time of the year for us at Dace’s Rock ‘n’ More Music Academy. All the kids go back to school and want to start up music lessons. Of all the questions regarding beginning music lessons that we get asked at Rock ‘n’ More, the following are some of the most frequent. I hope this helps you get started.
It’s been a busy summer for musicians at Dace’s Rock ‘N’ More Music Academy and it all culminated in an epic party and fundraiser Aug. 28 on Lake Sawyer.
This year the non-profit music school celebrated a milestone at the event, dubbed the Rock ‘N’ Roll Five Year Anniversary and Summer Throwdown.
